PROSEMINAR IN BUDDHIST THOUGHT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe in detail the historical development of the four schools. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Examine and assess Buddhist theories about the relationship between behavior, belief, and experience. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Based on the focus for this year's seminar, explain how Buddhist thought and practice is relevant to contemporary issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Drawing on the diversity of commentarial interpretations, explain why epistemological approaches became dominant in South Asian Buddhist thought. Audience: Graduate 5. Assess and critique Buddhist claims around the notion that neither persons nor material elements ultimately exist. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe in detail the historical development of the four schools. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Examine and assess Buddhist theories about the relationship between behavior, belief, and experience. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Based on the focus for this year's seminar, explain how Buddhist thought and practice is relevant to contemporary issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Drawing on the diversity of commentarial interpretations, explain why epistemological approaches became dominant in South Asian Buddhist thought. Audience: Graduate 5. Assess and critique Buddhist claims around the notion that neither persons nor material elements ultimately exist. Audience: Graduate